Is midtown being developed correctly?

[DetroitPlanner]

A Plan by UCCA would not have any teeth. It would need to come from the planning department or through the complete streets legislation from the agency you have just villified.

[Pcm]

My guess is that these large developments are more profitable, and likely a safer bet for the lender[[s).

It's probably like the "buy in bulk" theory. The more you buy, the less it costs.

In Chicago, smaller apartment/condo buildings are going up all the time. But, each unit can sell for a lot more than they can here. Therefore, if one unit sells in this hypothetical Chicago condo building, it will cover more of the cost of the development than the same size building in Detroit.

So, Detroit must build/sell lots of these units to cover the cost of the development.

If that makes any sense...